Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity, info sharing: House approves 2010 funding boost
The House recently approved a fiscal 2010 budget plan for the Justice Department that would increase funding compared to 2009 levels for some key information technology programs.
People
White House tries hand at wiki-style policy development
In the third phase of the initiative, the Obama administration is asking the public to help draft recommendations for making the federal government operations and information more transparent.
Modernization
Dell introduces virtualization consulting services
Dell has expanded its virtualization technology portfolio to help organizations striving to make data centers and IT operations work more efficiently.
Modernization
New organization to address interoperability between social media, ID management
The Kantara Initiative will provide a venue for the identity management industry to cooperate in developing interoperable technologies that will better enable identity-based applications and other interactive online transactions.
Cybersecurity
DOD: Be wary of social media's 'loose lips'
Two Defense Intelligence Agency experts explain how adversaries can use social-networking tools to gather information on targets.
Digital Government
In health care policy debate, some bypass White House's official site
Influential physicians, health IT vendors, insurers and patients find an outlet to discuss the intricacies of health reform on nongovernmental sites.
Digital Government
House panel shifts most of Military Health System's IT budget
Committee voted to move 85 percent of fiscal 2010 funds to the Defense secretary's office in a bid to solve IT program development problems.
Digital Government
Why Is A War Bill Funding That?
The $106 billion 2009 <a href=http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h2346enr.txt.pdf>war supplemental appropriations bill</a> passed by the Senate yesterday sure looks like a piggybank for a lot of stuff that has nothing to do with supporting troops operating in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Digital Government
Kundra Meets With Former CIOs
Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra met with former government CIOs who are members of the Senior Advisors to Government Executives, or SAGE, program at the Partnership for Public Service last week. The former CIOs advised Kundra to hone in on three management issues as he sets out to accomplish his technology agenda.
People
Forum moderator: Friend, not foe
The old adage about “moderation in all things” takes on new meaning when it comes to national online dialogues.
People
Rules of the road
A moderation policy is an essential element of any online dialogue, experts say.
People
Birthers find FCW
Federal Computer Week received its share of abuse after saying the Open Government Dialogue had been slimed by individuals demanding that President Barack Obama produce evidence that he is a natural-born citizen of the United States.
People
White House wants prizes for innovators
White House officials want to learn how the government can use cash prizes to foster innovation, official says.
Cybersecurity
E-Verify extension in contention
The Senate and House would each extend the E-Verify program in their Homeland Security appropriations bills, but they differ on by how long.
People